Martijn van Haasteren (born 12 September 1980) is a Dutch former professional

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player who competed for both the Netherlands and the

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Biography

Originally representing the Netherlands, van Haasteren played on tour mostly as a doubles specialist. He appeared in 11 ATP Tour tournaments from 2006 to 2008, mainly with countryman

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, with whom he made the quarter-finals of the events in Amersfoort and Zagreb. The pair also won three

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titles. One of those came against future world number one doubles player

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and partner

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, in Dublin. He reached his career best doubles ranking of 117 in 2007. In 2008 he switched allegiance to the Netherlands Antilles, in order to play

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fixtures. He played in the Davis Cup until 2011 and also served as team captain. As a coach he has been involved with

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, Matwe Middelkoop,

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and

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Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haasteren, Martijn van 1980 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Dutch Antillean male tennis players Sportspeople from Delft Tennis players from South Holland